"Stop mumbling. It will be more beneficial if you start preparing yourself for this trial." The banshee reprimanded her as she took out a golden color chalk and started drawing a hologram on the floor.

"There is going to be a trial?" Li Ming asked with her face covered in an expression of pure shock and terror.

She had heard very terrifying stories about the cultivators who needed to survive through their trials to reach Immortality.

However, she was nowhere near becoming an Immortal or a deity, then why did she need to pass a trial?

"You are going to become the master of the Lightning Whip. How are you supposed to control a weapon of thunder when you have no control over the thunder itself?"

The banshee asked her in return making Li Ming realize the depth of the situation.

She still had to wrap her mind around the revelation of her father's true identity and that she was lured into the Snow Fields by a weapon that was too eager to take her as its master.

In her training sessions with the Supreme Immortal, she had indeed learned about the part where a person needed to have control over a specific element if they were going to use a weapon that was bound to that exact element.

For example, if a cultivator was using a sword that used the energy of the water to attack then the cultivator needed to learn how to control water in order to control their weapon.

The same goes for fire, wind, land, or any other element.

Since she was about to become the owner of a weapon that used lightning to work, then it was obvious that she would need to have control over thunder to control and use the Lightning whip.

"Normally you would have needed to learn the Thunder Controlling Skills to create a connection between your qi and the essence of thunder. However, since the spirit of the weapon has already entered your body there is no time left for that. The only solution is to take this trial which will gift you with the ability to control thunder." The velvety voice spoke and brought Li Ming's attention out of her misery.

"What is exactly going to happen n this trial?" She asked after a few minutes of silence.

There was no point in regretting her decisions anymore. It would be far much better if she actually prepared herself for the upcoming trial.

"Nothing much. You would sit inside this hologram and there would be lightning bolts striking the circles that are connected with the hologram. All you need to do is to absorb the essence of more than 100,000 lightning bolts. As soon as you will finish absorbing the required number of essences, the trial will be over." The banshee replied with seriousness.

"Even though this looks like an easy task but it is far from that. Absorbing the essence of 100,000 lightning bolts can be completed within a week, especially when the lightning is not striking you directly. However, the moment you will start absorbing the essence of lightning you will need your spiritual qi to balance the essence inside your body. It means the longer you will take to complete the trial the more spiritual qi your body will expel ."

"Meaning there will be a point when your body will be completely out of spiritual qi and you won't be able to control the essence of lightning inside your body. Losing control over such a powerful element residing inside your body won't lead to a happy ending."

Li Ming stared at the banshee as her mind repeated the death sentence that the mysterious voice and the banshee had just announced to her.

"Come on, don't sit there like a vase waiting to be broken. Quickly sit down in the center of the hologram. Don't worry, your mates and the two of us will be here looking over you. There are still many works left for you to complete. N chance of dying so quickly." The banshee said as she pulled Li Ming up on her feet and made her sit inside the hologram.

"Your words are not even a little bit comforting." Li Ming said as she adjusted herself in the lotus sitting position.

"Why do you have the misunderstanding that I was trying to comfort you? I'm trying to comfort myself." The banshee scoffed as she started placing candy sized iron balls in the circles that were surrounding the hologram.

"..."

Li Ming watched Kara with utter shock. There was no doubt why she was not that fond of the banshee and her uninvited company.

Kara held the power of frustrating any person to their death and this was probably her greatest ability.

"Close your eyes and follow my words. I'll teach you the way to settle the essence of lightning that you will absorb later." The mysterious voice said.

Li Ming gave the banshee a final look before closing her eyes and letting her mind relax.

As her body and mind relaxed she started feeling the presence of the spirit of the Lightning Whip inside her body as well as the energy collection that belonged to her mates.

Her soul mark was still sparkling in the six different colors which meant that her mates were still connected with her through the replica of their soul mark.

The only other person who owned the soul mark except for Li Ming was the Second Demon Prince while the others still had to receive theirs.

"Each of your mates controls a different element. Bring the energy collection of your mates near the spirit of the Lightning whip and let them stabilize the spirit while covering them with your own spiritual qi."

The voice directed Li Ming who immediately started following the directions that she was receiving.

She kept doing exactly what the mysterious voice continued telling her to do.

It did not take her long to feel the change that started occurring in the spirit of the Lightning whip.

It was becoming more stable with each passing moment and the harsh cold aura around it started disappearing.

It was around half an hour later when she finally opened her eyes at the banshee's call.

"It's time for the trial." The banshee said as she pointed at the iron balls with her eyes.

Li Ming followed her gaze and watched as the little iron balls started producing white sparking.

"Remember to absorb almost all the lightning bolts without missing any of them. If you absorbed all of them then it will barely take two days for you to finish the trial. Since your mates' energy will be used in keeping the spirit of the Lightning whip stable, therefore it won't be possible for them to assist in keeping your energy level maintained. At this rate, it will take seventy-three hours before you will be out of energy."

The banshee gave her a bit of quick last-minute advice followed by a sudden and unexpected peck on her forehead before her silhouette disappeared from there.

Li Ming was too shocked to utter a single sound. Her mouth was hanging open as she rubbed her forehead where she just received the most disgusting kiss ever.

Ewww!

Fine! The banshee probably knew some other tricks too that could help her in killing people.

Kissing someone out of the blue with her bright crimson painted lips could make anyone vomit blood in horror and disgust.

"That was.....sudden! By the way, make sure to follow the procedure of absorbing the lightning essence that I taught you. Pass this trial with dying colors so that I can finally get over with this job." The mysterious voice said and Li Ming was sure that she also heard a soft sigh.

"Job?" She asked as she waited to experience the Live show of real lightning.

"En! The job of handing over the Lightning whip to its rightful owner. You know I'm not that young anymore and doing such energy-consuming jobs are making me feel twice my age. I just want to stay in my manor and play with my grandchildren as soon as possible." The mysterious voice answered.

Li Ming sure was surprised since she was not expecting the mysterious person to be so old.

"Oh. I'm sorry that because of me you have to go through so many troubles. I know that I am not in a position for saying this but still if there was anything that you needed my help in, I will be more than happy to help you." Li Ming said as she both apologized and showed her gratitude for all the help that she received from this mysterious person.

"Actually I'm very happy to be chosen for this job. If not because of this job, I would never have got the chance of learning about you on such a deep level. Now, after finding out about your true personality, I am more than ready for the wedding to take place." The mysterious voice said with a soft chuckle.

"Wedding?" Li Ming asked in confusion.

"Oh right! Let me introduce myself. I'm the current Empress Dowager of the Heaven Realm, the mother of the Heaven Emperor and your soon to be Mother-in-Law."